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TN former Lotteries it was flintiglit a Hie!' wheel to hare One or Two Pi4ies of /..20,000, with 20,000 Tielkets; but now there are only half that nuinoer of Tickets, and PUBLICATIONS. • TI - TECOMMLSIONERSior TV*-4L,L.ING. A T a 'AfgETING of the CENTRAL. CONI• . • -" -TEE, for conducting the ELECTION of Sir MURRAY MAXWELL, held thisrlAy at the Utitish Coffee-house, Cock spur-street, communications were received fr'om the several Parishes, by which it appeared.that an active Canvass, with every prospect of success, had already commenced. The Central C,ommittsc addressed Circular Letters to the Chair men of the Parochial Commitites, earnestly intreating their continued - and unremitting exertions in the Cause which they had again espoused under the most auspicious cirentu stances, -both as .to their own augmented strength, and as to_ the diminished means and confidence of .their.Oppunents. The Ceatrai:C9anaitte,e ag.reed,to .zueet again at , Two %)'Clock on WEDNESDAY NEXT, the 23d Inst. at the Ilri •tislr Cof ee-hotkse, wtkere . it is rriqueArd,ttrat all Communica tions connected with the Election of Sir Murray Max Well transmitted, addreed ' 4 , To the fThairman of the Central Committee." • 18th Dec. 1 . 818, • This Day was published, In Quarto, illustrated hy Eleven . Coloured Plates, price TR VPLS fluent) some PARTS of GER MANY, POLAND, MOLDAVIA, and TURK E Y'. -----lls .11.3.IE3TY'S NA ry do hereby give Notice, That " Friday, the Sih of January" next, they will be ready t o receive Tei:ders in 'writing. (sealed up), and treat for about Ten Thousand Bands (each containing one hundr . ed aced ninety-six pounds, net), of AMERICAN FLOUR, to be ileliecred in the course of jhe month of Nay following, at Me several Islands and'cOlogies hereunder stated, • Bahamat, 'Grenada, Bermucle, St. Vincents, .Antigua, 'St. Kitts, 3 Prizes of I .30,000 L. 5,000 4 4" L. 560 4 By ADAM NEALE, M. D. Late Physician to the British Embassy at. Constantinople, • and Physician to the Forces. Printed for bunguiair, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London; and A. Constable and Co. Edinburgh. Six. &c. Money and Consuls. which considerably increases the Chances, beyond 'any fdrinir Lottery, to ;rain NEXT WEDNESDAY This Day was published, In 12m°. (tile Second Edition), price 4s. 6d. bd. THREE PRIZES OF TI-TIR.TY TROURAND POUNDS ! This would he securing a CAPITAL INDEPENDENCE be. GEOGRAPHY for YOO7l-1, adapted. to tlte different. Classes of Learners. fore CH It INTN.CAS. Ni'arranted Undrawn Tickets .and Shares are now on tale at the'Lotti-ry Oakes in London and the Country. By the Rev. JOHN HARTLEY. This Work is constructed upon a plan 'entirely new; and. comprise, a great mass of inforruation, compressed into , a. narrow compass, and stated in a way eminently calculated to rivet it in the tmeu u ►ry of the Learner. Observations ar* oe oasionally added, for t h e use of mote advanced Pupils; aka que , ttions for examination arc placed at the foot of each pare. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees,. Orme, and 8r0,61, bnion. ;E• g la Barbadoes St. LIICI2 Berbice, Trinidad., emerara, Tobago. Dominica, • t 9 4! fkiit , C,iC4 fietreh I . 4qatc9r t',l6 nY, 2nall be A;noun !rpm 9prli(ation at the Secretary's 9 -ffite, at this Ofce, where the Conditions ri* the Contmet eil aY also bc , Secn. No Tender for a less quantity than the thhole'of laid may re , 2uired for any clic-14mnd •or Colchly will be othipted, will regard be had to any in which the Price shall not be 72 t 4 erted i n words at length, or that shall not he delivered to the 'Roan! before One o'clock on the said Friddy, the St!, V Jo.nary nrxt; nor mien the Person who manes the Tender, be ''"lne Person on his behalf, attends, .to answer when .cvled for.. teach Tender must also Lc accompanied by a Late, signed 6 / 1 tit° reAponsiblC Persons, en.vag ink to become bound with 14 e Party tendering, in the Penal Sum of 15 per cent, on the 44.14 °u1,4, for th - o thee performance of each of the Contracts, VICTU4LLING-OFFICE, Dec. 8, 1818. E COMMISSIONERS for VICTUALLING His ,11AJESTY'S NAVY do hereby pee Notice, ;401 . on 71qtrsday, the 241/t Instant, they will be ready to , receive 7 enders in writing (sealed up), and treat for the : S ' 1) !1 )1 ,Y. of what FRESH BEEF may he rertired for ' (lie 44e ( I .l' Ills Majesty's Ships and Vessels at' Peterhead, in 46e rdeenslare, for twelve Calendar Months, from the Ist of kon!.ry "next, or as-soon after as practicable. Plc Condili , ins of the Contract may be S' 21 at the Se c'et'.9.ll's 'Office, at this Office, or by applying to the Post master at Peterhead.. No regard Will be had to any reader in which the Price ji til_not be iltAWLed in Mortis at length, or that shall not be delivered to the Board before One o'clock on Me said 2Aursday, the tiCti !Instant, nor unless the Person who "lake s the 'fender, or‘so;e -Person on his behalf, attends, to enather when calii.drfr. Eoch Tender 'west alsvi he acco*panied by a Letter signed 1. ; COh responsible Persons, engaging to becante bryind with the ,:";/ tcndering, in the penal Sum of .5006. for the clue per j"),lance of the Contract. December / 12, 1818. AT a Nutuerolts antilliglay Respectable Meet ing% PROPRIETOBS at EAST'-INDIA STOCK, beld 114 Pay z.t the City of ,LondonTavepi, Sir THONIAS 13AR -ING, Bart. M.P. in the Chair, - the following Resolutions ‘Y`l'e Passed 'unanimously - kr ° 1 )0 et1 by Sir Robert Wigram, Bart. and secoada by Charles Forbes, Esq. M.P. 'L'l‘t in the opinion of this ikleeting, WILLIAM TAY -14111. MONEY, Esq. M.P. is eminently qualified 'to supply ' lhe 'Vhcancy injhe Court of Directors, caused by the lamented .1-!eatli of that able and distinguished Member of it, Mr. Ltiinstlen. "'Posed by James Alexander, Esq. M.P. and seconded by Benjamin Shaw; 'Esq. 2 . That this opinion is fonnded on Mr. MONEY% general Zliuviledge of the Interests of the Company—his indefatiga aPPlication to Public Business—his acknowledged ta )."",---and on the high imtegrity of his character. "'Posed by John Forbes, Esq. _and seconded by Abel Chap- • man, Esq. ;' l 'at, impressed with a strong eonvicticm of the Bcne 's which the Company cannot fail to derive from the Ser jet,s of an individual so justly entitled to esteem and con& :11 " l ee, the Proprietors who are now present earnestly recom t'"nd,Xlr. 11 10NEY's Claims to the Palronage and Support : 1.1 4 'whole Constituent Body, and they accordingly pledge Lhetusclves to make the most strenuous and unremitting e!t- Ictions to insure his success at the ensuing Election. ites °lved, That the above Resolutions be inserted in the Paptrs. P ro Po se d _ . THOMAS BARING, Chairman. by Joseph Hume, Esq. M.P. and seconded by Ge ir hat steral Gabriel I)oveton, M.P. Irti the cordial Thanks of this Meeting be given to 'Sir Baring, Bart. for his able conduct in the Chair. To the PROPRIETORS of EAST-INDIA STOCK. 1,..„ . 41)122 ANn GgNTLEmeN, IitHINICOURAGED by the flattering testimonies of regard, and the cordial assurances of s j uppint, which • bay this day received from a very numerous and most re ilt>s eet a b le assemblage of your Body, I am induced to renew Y earne s t and respectful solicitations fur your Votes and 4 'terests at the ensuing Election. t . I f I sh ould, through Tour suffrazes, be elevated to the dis 11.1guished situation to which I aspire, I can assure you, with 14. u at sincerity, that it Tall be my ear m nest eudeavo to emit -1.);:,,,t,hu example of y our l ate lamented DiUectur, Mr. LUAIS t, " and devote m y b est attent i on to your i mportant Ameerns. I have the honour to be, • Ladies and Gentlemen, Tour obedient, obliged, and faithful Servant, ttr,, t , WILLIAM TAYLOR MONEY. .! at "ark, nccrnther 12, 181$. WESTMINSTER ELECTION. Friends of Sir MURRAY MAXWELL are respectfully intormed, that SUBSCRIPTIONS for defraying his Expentes on the ensuing Election for West :tiginSter.a're received at the following Banking-houses, Viz.— Messrs. Drummonds, Charing-cross; Messrs.,Herries and Co. St. James's-street; Messrs. Birch and Co. Bond-street ; Hodsoll and Co. Strand; 'Sir William Curtis and Co. Lombard-street. NORWICH UNIpIS FIRE ;IND LIFE INSURANCE, A T a very purnernits and respect zble BETING of the MEMBERS of the NORWICH UNION FIRE and LIFE INSURANCE SOCIEFfES', convened by Priblic Advertisement, and held at the City Of London Tai - ern, in 13ishopsgate-ittett,' on Friday, the 18th day of December, 18111, Pni,Ps : e of receiving the Final Report of tire London coooolttee. of Investigation, appointed at the Xork Ilotel, Bridge-street, on th , e 27th of July, ISIB, and con firmed at a 'Meeting, Ireltiat the above, on the 25th day of September last, Tkiplps 11!'.NSI EY, Esq. in therhair, The Report havinc- hi c n r!.at!, `was Res°lvt:d onaniawusly, That the Report now read be received, ,aud printed'for the use of the Meusbers of the Society, MLitt', ;Mani:Axil:this Meeting be given to the London Committee, for thcir.continued great Attention to the con cerns of this Society. 'fltaul.4 of this Meetingbe . gicen totbe'Secretary, Freder;el: Arnaud t;lArli-e,.Esq..f(ir big great and unremitting exertions in fu,rw,tirding the important And voluminuu? busi 41(:ss of Fite London L'iinulittee. It was alsn'Resitg-ed,That the Chairman be requested to -call a Meeting of the, London-Insurers in the Norwich Union Society, and other jnhallitant Householders, to consider the proprietY of establishing a National Union Fire and Life So ciety, tin fhe'piinciple of mutual interest an d ' mu t ua l - risk, on AVetne , aday,:the 30th 'lnstant, at this plaCe, at Twelve ii Clock precistly. (Signed) THOMAS BE\SLEY, 'Chairman. That the Thanks of this Meeting he given to the'Cliairman, Thomas Bensley, Esq. for - his aisle anti impartial-conduct in the Chair, this day; 'and for the great assiduity attil attention which he has evinced during the whole < proceedings of the 'Committee. That these Resolutions he published in the usual Morning, Evening, and Provincial Pavers. BUTCHERS' HAUL, Dec. 9, 1813. TTJMLROUS Applic a tions having been made 1:11 to the Court of Assistants of this Company, request ing their Exertions to prevent the PRACTICEof BUTCHERS EXPOSING their MEAT for Sale on Sunday, The Court *think it. Tight to give Notice, that the Master, Wardens, and .Assistants of the Butchers' Company have, by 'their Charter cif ftworporation, the confront over persons ex ercising the Trade in the 'City of London, and within Two Miles therea t ; and that by their 434 Ilye-LaW, penalties are imposed for keeping open Shop, ogering fur Sale, or'Selliag Meat, on Sundays. This Court, althottO strongly impressed with the neces sity of cheeking'so _ groSi a 'violation of the Sabbath, will, with yeluctance,•adopt coercive measures to 'repress it'; they rather wish 'the Trade't6 Unite, and at once discontinue the practice. The Public are also most materially interested in the sub ject; for it is a fact, that the profligate part of the labouring Classes will continue in an Ale-house on the Saturday night, spending their money and destroying their health and morals, so long as Meat can be obtained 'on the Sunday-, by Which their families, as well as themselves, are the sufferers. It is therefore hoped, that this appeal to the Trade will stimulate them to a sense of duty and propriety, and that every Butcher in London and it envirouS, who regards his religious or moral character, will henceforth discontinue Selling Meat on 'Sundays. By Order of the Court, JOHN LIVERSUCH, Beadle. Fit AIJD PREVENTED. TO counteract the many attempts that are daily made to impose on the unwary a Spurious Composition instead of the GENUINE TM &MING prepared byDAY and MARTIN, 'they have adopted a new Label, in which their Signature and Address 97, High Holborn, is so conspicuously placed in the centre of the La}id, that they trust an attention to this, and the difference of the Type, which is unlike all Letter-preis, will euable . Puithasers at. once to detect the Impo s ition. The It E.t,kl, ;JAPAN JILACKING, made and sold whole sale and NIARTIN, 97, HiLsli and re tailed hr the principal Grocers, Praggists, pooksellers, Iron mongers, Perfumers, Boot-widiers, &e. in the United King dom, in Bottles at ad 9d and ?s. ta.-each. CORDIAL BALM OF bfLEAD. R. SOLOMON, Gilead-H9nse, near Liver pool, recommends his Cordial 'Balm' of Gilead;' which has been administered in nervous complaints with uncommon success; in asthmas, consumption; 'flatulence, relaxation, obstructions, or bilious disorders, it stands pre-eminent; effects are pleasingly qnick, certain, and f a stin g ,' Th e B a k i i of Gilead instantaneously relieves spasms in the side, breast, and intestines, diffuses a genial warmth;and prevents cramps and numbness in or after hat hint in 'Spring or sea Hater. Sold by Bacon and Co. 150, Qxtord-street ; Vat d, 324, Hol born; Leigh, IS, Strand ; and Mr. (4oatley, 133, Minorics. Sold also by every repiitable'Vender in all Market Towns throughotd . the Kingthiiii; and all other Medicine Venders, pr . ice 1 Is. each, or four in ogle V;tinily Bottle for :13s. by which one Its. bottle is saved,' with the words Samuel Solomon, Liverpool,!' engraved on the Stamp. Dr,,Solomon expects, when consulted by letter, the usual compliment of a one pound note to be inclosed, ad dressed "Money Letter. - Pr; Solomon, Gilead Howe, near Liveritool. Paid double potp.". THREE STQCK.PRIZES OF L 30,000, And Mother CAPITALS; NEXT WEDNESDAY,—SECOND DAY. 0 DAY'S DRAWING of the STATE N r i OTTERY, being now over, T. BUSH. the Contrac tor, incites those of the Public who have made purchases, to ascertain the fate of their Numbers, at either of his fortunate Offices, 4, Cornh3ll , ot 9, Charing-cross. 'l'o tha,erwilo have not yet purchased, he begs to announce that they:E. ate 3 Stock Prizes of :30,0001. with 13 ot h er Capi tals of 5,0001., 1,0001.. &c. in the Wheel, and that the Second Day will be NEXT WEDNESDAY. Three Capitals have already been sold in the present Lot tery by BISH, being -(as usual) more than those sold by any other 011iee-keeper. COUNTY 'FIRE-OFFICE, SOUTHAMPTON-STREET, S FRANI). RECEIPTS • tor the Renewal of POLI CMS, falling due at Christmas, are now in course of delivery. The MANAGERS of the COUNTY FIRE-OFFICE invite a public examination into the principles and practice of the 'Office for which they act. They are proud . to declare, that the great object of Insurance, viz. a prompt and ample in demnity, has been so invariably yielded by the County Office, that not a single litigation has ever arisen to disturb the har mony of ,Directors and Claimants. This security the Office is enabled at all times to afford, hecause, Ist, the Original Members have provided a Capital of 400,0001. over and al ore the fluctuating Fund arising .from the Premiums ; and be cause, 2dly, although such profits as arise are equally di vided among those who insure, the Directors of the County Office have shunned the dtlosive and pernicious practice of maki:ig a large return of profit uniform and certain, and of rendering the payment of claims dependent on what may be left. Their 'fixed yule is the payment of all just claims im mediately—the return of pr,fit is left to vary with events. They have additionally to observe, that its the original Ca pital is deemed of su fficient. magnitude for all purposes of se curity, it is expTesOy provided in the Policies, that the Sub scribers to that Fund alone shalt he answerable.for Losses. Hence tkose who insure while entitled to sbare profits are protected from the liabilfiy for the•lii4ses of others, which has been so severely felt in Societies upon time Contributionship or Union principle; and which, together with the difficulty and uncertainty of procuring restitution, has generally led to the failure or dissolution of such Societies TO I)E SOLD BY AUCTION, By Mr. SOTHEIIY, at his New and more Extensive Premises, N 0.3, Wellington-street, Strand, on MONDAY, Decem ber 21, and Three following Days, at Twelve o'Clook, rrFIE HISTORICAL and NUMISMATIC LI- IntARY of the late Mr. JOHN THANE, Author and Editor of the British Autography, in 3 cols, in quarto. To which is added, the LIBRARY of another GENTLEMAN. Among them -will he found, the Antiquarian Works of Si riitt, Stokely,. Dnearel, Gough, and Lvsous; many of the Vario rum Classics, in fine condition ; Eoydell's Shakspcare,9 cols.; Bowyer's Hume, 19 vols.; Lacater's Physiognomy, 5 cols. ; Encyaopedia Britannica; 20 vols.; a curious -Ccrfirctiou of Manuscripts, &c. To he'vrewed, and Catalogues (price Is.) bad, at the Place of Sale. JOSEPH STEPIIENSON begs lefi veto reemil mend to the Nobility and Public in general, the USE of his PATENT FILTERING NIACIIINE, which by a, petal liar principle retuleys the foulest water beautifully transpa rent, at a quicker rate than. any other appartus hitherto in use ; and iS so constructed as to prevent the •re-adnAsion of any impure animalcula into 'the refined water. With these superior iecOmmendations thii most useful article is offered the following prices :—those at .5 guineas each purify 50 gallons a day; those at 7 guineas 100 gallons a day; and the largest size at 10 gtiineas each, purifying at, the UtteXiillivied rate of 200 gallons a day.—The Machine to be seen in use at the Jertisalent Coffee-house, Couper'S Hal, Cornbill ; at the Western Exchange, Old Bond-street ; at the shops of Mr Holmes, No. 186, Fleet-street; Mr: Nichols, No. 75, Picca dilly.; and at Joseph Stephensen's Manufactory, No. 6, Mot timer-street, Cavendish-square. A NEW PATENT WATER:PROOF HAT, it only 18s. INIvoierANT SAVING. FRANKS and TAYLOR have to offer to the Public a SILK HAT on BEAVER ROM', combinn: every requisite a Hat ought to possess; it' is superior in op pearance to the ' finest and most expensive Beavers equally light, and will wear twice as long, and is of a better shape, which itiretains to the last; will never change its co lour, which" 4 the most beautiful black, if worn fur years; no weather will injure these Hats, they being wato-proof; and will repairseveral limes at a trifling expellee, and every time appear equal to new,' and are decidedly - superior to any Hats ever offered to public 'notice, the attainment of which has been attended with great expence. Merchants, Dealers, and the Trade, who wish for superior hats, may he supplied on advantageous terms. Franks and Taylor, Manufacturers, Wellington House, Red-cross-street, Barbican.—No unpaid Letters received. BY THE KING'S ROYAL PATENT. GODBOLD'S VEGETAL LF, BALSAM, the greatest Discovery ever found out for COUGHS., CON SUMPTIONS,' and 'ASTHMAS.—The various and sudden changes of the weather is dangerous to Asthmatic and Con suMptive.Complaids, particularly in the • Autumn,' Winter, and Sprig. The above Medicine is strongly recommended by the Nobility to be kept in the house by every family, to have recourse to upon the first attack of Cold, which never has been !mown to fail of success, in preventing the Cold fixing on the lungs, and was proved at a consultation of 'emi nent Physicians to be a sure and efficacious Remedy for the Cure of the above Complaints, after the first Medical Abi lities'had abiindoned all hopes of their patient's recovety.— The Right Hon. Lord Dundley and Ward, and others of the Nobility, Clergy, and Gentry, a few years since, recommend ed the Proprietors to lower the Price of the Aledicine to the Nor ; they readiiy complied ; the conseqUence has been, that many thousands have hem restored by the B•ilsain•to perfect health, which has induced the Proprietors to extend it more generally at the same prices of One Guinea the Quart, 10s. GO. the Pint, and ss. tid. the Half-pint. Stranger proofs of its efficacy cannot he given than beim; recommended by the following Nobility :--;:The Most Noble Marquis of Lothian, the Right Hon. Viscount Dudley and Ward, the Right lion. Lords Macthinald, Grantley, Fortes cue, Nlontford, the Right Hon. late Viscountess Dudley and Ward, Dowagers Granticy, - Falmouth, andlAiricsette, Lady Apprerce, Sirs Francis Blake, Ediarel Newnham, John Cog hill, George ArniSirong, and RObert PeatC, Generals Doyle, and Drouly, Colonels Baker, Debath, Lenox, &c. Advice every (lay frmin 10 to 9_, at No. 3, ,Bloomsbury Squa t wii(!re the Medicine is sold, Wholesale and Retail; and retail by Messrs. Nev:hery and Sons; Edwards, St. Paul's Church Yaril ; 111essrs Sutton and 'Co. Bow . Chnich Yard Butler and Sons,. Cheapside; Sanger, ISO, Oxford Street; Evans ant! SIM'S Long• Laue - and all principal Veallth in Town and Country. NEW GERMAN DICTIONARY. This Day was published, iu one thick Volume, square ism°, price 11. Is. boards, 11A lIENNORST'S DI CT lONA RY of the GERMAN and ENGLISH LANGUAGES ; in Two Parts. By G. H. NOEUDEN, LL. D. Pit. D: Author of the Germa❑ Grammar, Elements, and Exercises. Printed for 'Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; Cadell and Davies; T.Boose; and .J. Maw►oan. Of whom also may he had, Wendeborn's German Grammar, with Practical Exercises ; the 6th . Edition, price 6s. boards. nisToßy OF INSECTS. This Day was published, in Bvo. new Editions, of Vols. I. and 11. enlarged and improved, price 18s. each, of AN INTRODUCTION to ENTOMOLOGY; or, Element's of the Natural History of Insects. By WILLIAM KIRBY, M. A. F. H. and L. S. And WILLIAM SPENCE, Esq. F. L. S. Illustrated by coluured Plates. This Work is intended as a general and popular History of Insects, and contains an account of the injuries they occasion (" including an account of those insects which cause diseases iu the human frame, and of those which are uoxions to the farmer and agriculturist,") the benefits derived from 'them, the metamorphoses they undergo, their affection fir their young, their various kinds of food, and the !beams by'which they procure it, a description of their habitations, &e. The two remaining volumes will be published with all con venient speed. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London. FOR THE SUN. INSOLVENT DEBTORS. Audi allcram Parley,. MR. EIDITOR.-Your Correspondent, MERca. TOR, has advised that Meetings should be hell by the Merchants and Traders in every Ward or Parish of the Metropolis, and that Delegates should 'be chosen to form a General Meeting, so t bat the sense of tlie rading Interest be brought into one focus, and that a Petition be presenttd to Parliament lot' a continuance of the Insolvent Act, or its total abandonment, urging as a reasmi tiiat this. will be the fair way of collecting PUB• LIC OPINION. .With deference to your general Readers, I would humbly suggest that the public opinion will be more correctly - ascertained in the Legislature. ''The Merchants and Traders are generally inimi cal to this Act of Parliament, and in many in stances I believe the general cause of cotnplakt is, that the Act has tended to check that fictitious credit which was baneful to those who obtained it, and a fruitful source of advantage to those who gave it. The law which heretofore autho. • rized protracted imprisonment for civil debt, en couraged Traders and others to give incautious credit on account of the facility of causing such. imprisounient, the effect whereof frequently in duced relatives and friends to pay that which on no ground of equity colild be expected front them. That facility is now at an end. And if the Mer chants and Traders should be induced to petition for a tep or discontinuance of the Act of Par. liamet , t for relief of debtors, I should recommend the unfortunate persons who are the objects of its provisitins to unite and petition for its conti nuance ; or that some other legislative measure, founded in equity/and benevolence, may . he the means of restoring to liherty the hundreds already confined, and tor the Inture relief of the much. greater number of those whom the pressure of the times, and unavoidable embarrassments, may place in a situation to require such relief. Thus the two appeals to the Legislature will he more likely to ascertain the general sentiment, than the par tial petition of the Trading Interest alone. " Si non - sit tibi quod reddas quare ueciperet Creditor Cubile taunt a te."—SoLoNpN. If MERCATOR pursues his recommendation, or if Peiitions are offered front any congregate body of persons in trade, I shall not be wanting in en.; deavours to counteract the partiality which seems to me to arise from intetested motives. Yuur's, 4c. DENEVOLU. if) U~ ~6